The upscale Delta Clipper is an upsclae version of the Estes Delta Clipper that was designed to fly on C and D class motors. The rocket above flew 3 times in total. The first and second time was at IRW2000. The third time was at IRW2001. More recent flights have been at the IRW 2010
At the IRW200 it first flew on a J415W to J350W. The J415W proved to not have enough power at lift off. Consequently, the staging timer did not detect launch and the rocket did not stage. The GWhiz worked and brought the rocket back safely. The next flight the following day was on a J800T to J350W. This flight was perfect. See the videos above.
The rocket had a video transmitter which worked quite well too. The ground support equipment is shown later in the page.
The third flight at IRW2001 was on the fantastic K100T motor staged to a J570W motor. The boost flight was great, but a fin was ripped on during staging to the J570W. Probably due to force of the J570W kicking in. The flight was straight but had a fast rotation.
At the IRW 2010 it had two flights. First was on a K660 (54mm) to J330 (38mm) Both motors being Ceseroni. The first stage was a problem again and came down with only one fin attached! This was attributed to early stage separation. Air pressure ripping off two of the new Dibond (aluminium and perspex sandwich) fins with great ease!
The images below show the 2.4GHz ground support equipment for recieving the transmitted on board video. The reciever is a helical design using a standard 2.4GHZ reciever with a modified ground plane from copper PCB. This was later modified to a larger aluminium plate which was more sensitive. The copper wire was stripped from twin and earth cable and wound around the plastic pipe. Ranges of up to 2 miles have been achived in flight. The direction of teh reviever has to be quite accurate.
In flight video of the Delta Clipper IRW2000 (video transmitter)
Delatclipper_2stage_inflight.wmv
In flight video of the Delta Clipper IRW 2010 (Mini DV MD80) K660 to J330
IRW2010_Delta_Clipper_inflight_K660_to_J330_1.wmv
In flight video of the Delta Clipper IRW 2010 (Mini DV MD80) K940
IRW2010_Delta_Clipper_inflight_K940_1.wmv
Ground launch video of the Delta Clipper at IRW2000
IRW2010_Delta_Clipper_ground1.wmv
Pad cam video of the Delta Clipper at IRW2010
IRW2010_Delta_Clipper_padcam1.wmv
Slow motion video of the Delta Clipper at IRW2010
IRW2010_Delta_Clipper_ground1.wmv
The upscale Delta Clipper is an upsclae version of the Estes Delta Clipper that was designed to fly on C and D class motors. The rocket above flew 3 times in total. The first and second time was at IRW2000. The third time was at IRW2001. More recent flights have been at the IRW 2010
At the IRW200 it first flew on a J415W to J350W. The J415W proved to not have enough power at lift off. Consequently, the staging timer did not detect launch and the rocket did not stage. The GWhiz worked and brought the rocket back safely. The next flight the following day was on a J800T to J350W. This flight was perfect. See the videos above.
The rocket had a video transmitter which worked quite well too. The ground support equipment is shown later in the page.
The third flight at IRW2001 was on the fantastic K100T motor staged to a J570W motor. The boost flight was great, but a fin was ripped on during staging to the J570W. Probably due to force of the J570W kicking in. The flight was straight but had a fast rotation.
At the IRW 2010 it had two flights. First was on a K660 (54mm) to J330 (38mm) Both motors being Ceseroni. The first stage was a problem again and came down with only one fin attached! This was attributed to early stage separation. Air pressure ripping off two of the new Dibond (aluminium and perspex sandwich) fins with great ease!
The images below show the 2.4GHz ground support equipment for recieving the transmitted on board video. The reciever is a helical design using a standard 2.4GHZ reciever with a modified ground plane from copper PCB. This was later modified to a larger aluminium plate which was more sensitive. The copper wire was stripped from twin and earth cable and wound around the plastic pipe. Ranges of up to 2 miles have been achived in flight. The direction of teh reviever has to be quite accurate.